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Sunday, December 28, 2008

Good Sunday Morning everyone. I have been stamping my Christmas thank you cards and getting them ready to mail. This card is for the NMBS challenge which I host each Sunday on the NMBS group blog here.This week's challenge is to make a Thank You card using a Monogram on your card.

Saturday, December 27, 2008

I love getting mail and today was the best.I received the most awesome hand-stamped gift today in the mail from my best friend (and also one of my downline) Melissa Davies. She sent me a desk calendar that she made using the Season of Friendship Stamp Set. When the first 6 months are over, you untie the ribbon and flip it, re-thread the ribbon and the next 6 months are visible. Way cute, I love it. She is so talented and comes up with some of the cutest ideas. Thank you so much Melissa.January - March

April - June

July -September

October - December

Gift Tag she made for the package

Christmas Card from Melissa and her family. Yes, that is hand stitching around the snowman. Pale Plum cardstock is the back and left side fold-over and it attaches to acetate which is stamped with snowflakes and then layered with Baja Breeze stitched snowman. Isn't this so cute?

I am totally loving today. I am so happy to have both of the kids home tonight so they can help with the cookie baking!! I went out for an early dinner with my daughter and my best friend Vicki. We enjoyed a great dinner and then came back home where we all pitched in and finished the baking and wrapping presents. My son arrived home around 8 pm and was ready to help. I kept telling the kids how happy it made me to have them both home. My husband got home from work at 10 pm and then we all sat and watched a movie and then played Wii Bowling.

I decided that today I would post some of the pictures from around our home which is decorated for Christmas.The first picture is of our main tree in the living room, it is decorated with various ornaments that we have collected, some were gifts, and some are even 25 years old. Each ornament has a story or a reason it is on our tree.

The tree below is our snowman tree in the family room. All of the ornaments on this tree are snowmen, or snow-themed. I love snowmen and this tree is so much fun.

Two shelves decorated with snowmen in my kitchen.

I hope you enjoyed seeing this peek into my home decorated for Christmas.

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

I am trying to catch up on posting all my fun events from the Christmas season. I had to finish all the shopping, cleaning, and wrapping before I could devote time to posting on my blog. I still have some baking to do, but that will be later today.

We had our Sassy Stampin' Sisters Christmas Dinner Party and Gift Exchange on Dec. 11th. We gathered for a fun evening at the home of Jean Stayton. She had a make & take project prepared for us, these adorable snowmen candy wrappers which you can see in this post. Everyone brought a dish to share. We had a wonderful evening. Here is a picture of everyone that attended.

Monday, December 22, 2008

For the members of my direct downline, I made these additional three season displays for their plates (see post below) as an added gift from me. I loved how they turned out, and I think they liked them as well.

I have been waiting for so long to share this with all of my blogger friends. We had our group Christmas party on Dec. 11th and we all made giftables to exchange. I still had to deliver a few of my gifts after that. Well today, I finally made all my deliveries. So I can now show you what I made to exchange with the group. I made two different color themes due to the amount of DSP I needed.

Monday, December 15, 2008

We made these for our make & take at our Christmas Party last week. Jean shared this idea that she CASEd from someone on SCS. I loved them so much that I used the design as inspiration. My daughter said that the snowman I made at the party looked very sad...so I remade the design and made a happier version with a medallion on the hat with a sentiment.

Here is a picture of many happy snowmen ready to give. I made these to give to the people I work with and some special friends at the dance studio where I work on Monday nights. I covered Kit Kat Candy bars, they came in packs of 6, so I made a total of 18. Wow, I love the way they turned out. I hope they will enjoy this sweet little treat.

If you are curious about what Jean's snowman looks like take a look here. She said it was CASEd from someone on SCS, but I am not sure who to give credit for the original design.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

I have had many requests for another day of stamping. I have planned the following card making class and will offering two different times on the same day so more people can attend. Feel free to invite a friend to come with you. Space is limited so RSVP early to save your seat.Email me at: cre8tivestamper@cox.net.

You will make a total of 12 cards with matching envelopes, 3 each of 4 designs. When you leave the class your cards will be ready to address and mail.

Stamp-A-Stack of Christmas Cards Fee: $25.00 Wednesday, Dec. 10th10 am - Noon or 6:30pm to 8:30pmAt my home in Phoenix, AZ(directions will be given in a reply email once you RSVP)

I look forward to hearing from you.If you are out of town, please contact me for more details about getting the card kit in the mail.

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. I am so thankful for all my blogging friends and thank you so much for always stopping by to have a look at what I created. I hope you and your family have a blessed day.

This is a banner I made and I also made for two of my friends as part of their birthday gift. I was inspired by the banners that Patty Bennett made.

My banner is 5-1/2" tall and each panel is scored at 4" (this is where the letter and embellishments are). The letters are cut using my Big Shot and the Serif Essentials alphabet.I used Stampin' Up! cardstock, DSP, embellishments and Sizzix Leaves Die cut.

From Nov. 26th to Dec. 1st - Save 20% - 50% on bundled products. You can see what is on sale here .

Contact me if you would like to order any of the bundles, or you can place an order by going to my Stampin' Up! website to place your online order and it will be shipped directly to your home. My website for online ordering is here.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Today's color combo for the challenge was to use Real Red, Kraft, and Basic Black. I love the way White Craft Ink looks on Kraft cardstock, so that is where I started for my card. Then added the Real Red and Basic Black. I stamped the snowman on Whisper White and cut it out then adhered it to the kraft panel.

Monday, November 17, 2008

Today's challenge on SCS was Try a New Technique - make a triangle fold medallion. I love these challenges because they make me think outside my normal cardmaking. I used White Craft Ink to stamp the snowflakes from the Snow Swirled set. I used the Scallop Edge Punch to make the scallop border on the Whisper White cardstock.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

I have been so busy this week that I haven't had any stamping time until today. I combined the Color Combo Challenge from yesterday and the Sketch Challenge for today for my card. The colors for the challenge are Pacific Point, Certainly Celery, Basic Gray. I love this set so much and used the sponge dauber with Pacific Point to ink up the snowflakes on the tree stamp after I had inked the stamp with Certainly Celery. I love using Dazzling Diamonds glitter in the center of each snowflake on the tree.

Friday, November 7, 2008

Today is the Limited Supplies Challenge over on SCS. The challenge was to create a card using both a rectangle and a circle in your design. Your card can be in any theme. Embellishments - Ribbon only!!! I had this idea last night when I first saw the challenge posted, but then when I made the card this morning, I am not sure about it. Do you ever have an idea in your mind and then when you get it on paper it doesn't look like you want it to? Anyway, here is the card I created for the challenge.I used the Faux Silk technique on the white layers. It is kind of hard to see in the photo.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

The Ways to Use it Challenge for today on SCS is to find ways to use corner punches or other tools to dress up the corners of your card. Here is the card I created for the challenge. I took a photo of a card being swapped at convention where these flowers were daisies. I do not know who you are, so I can't give you credit. But it was so sweet of you to let me take a photo. This was also a 3 minute demo presented at our downline meeting.

Today I created a card for the Ways to Use It Challenge on SCS and used this technique to make the sunflowers. I thought I would share with you how I made them.I took a photo of a card that someone was swapping at convention, they had made daisies instead of sunflowers. I wish I knew who you were so I could give you credit, you were so nice to let me take a picture of your card. Also this was a 3 minute demo presented at our downline meeting.Supplies you will need:Cardstock (Summer Sun, Choc. Chip, Old Olive)1" Circle PunchSmall Oval PunchScallop Circle PunchPaper SnipsPaper CrimperSnail AdhesiveCraft White Ink PadDot Background StampMore Mustard Classic Ink PadSponge Dauber

Hold the Scallop Circle Punch upside down, and put in the Summer Sun Cardstock and punch.

Take a strip of copy paper, adhere the punched scallop circle to the end. This makes it easy to hold for the next step.

Place the punched scallop circle back into the punch aligning the points in the middle of each scallop, punch.

It will look like this.

Take paper snips, cut straight at each indention to form petals, be careful not to cut the line next to it.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Today's card for the Sketch Challenge on SCS was made to send to Alison Schmidlin, who is the daughter of Laurie (aka lauraly) on SCS and also a blogging friend. Alison is 12 years old (I think) and is in the Seattle Children's Hospital having some tests for a possible brain tumor. Her favorite colors are pink & green, this card is going in the mail today.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Today I created this card for the Color Combo Challenge on SCS. The colors to use are Pretty in Pink, Kiwi Kiss and Riding Hood Red. At first I didn't know about the color combo, but what doesn't go with Kiwi Kiss! I used the distressing tool on the edges of the Pretty in Pink layers.

Monday, November 3, 2008

Try a New Technique Challenge on SCS today was to make a decorative circle medallion, I thought I would give it a try and viola, I did it. It looks hard, but really isn't. A little time consuming but great result in the end. I love these colors together. I hope you like it.

Thanks to everyone that left a comment on my blog giving them a chance to win blog candy in honor of my birthday. Today random.org picked a winner out of the 28 comments left...

the winner is #8 Elizabeth (for2nately)

for2nately said...Happy Birthday to you! happy birthday to you! Happy birthday awesome stamper! happy birthday to you! My fav set is Season of Friendship (though it can change with a glance at the catalog! ;) )I like the fall colors with it-Choc. chip, More Mustard, Really Rust. Thanks for the chance to win and I hope you had a terrific day!

Stampin' Hugs,Elizabeth

October 28, 2008 8:30 PM

Congrats Elizabeth, please send me an email with your mailing address so I can get the blog candy on it's way to you.

Sunday, November 2, 2008

It is so nice to have some time to stamp today. I am doing laundry and listening to music while I stamp the day away. I love looking at Beate's blog ( Fresh & Fun). I checked it out today to see her sketch challenge for this weekend. I loved it so much that I just had to create a card. You guessed it, I used Winter Post stamp set...again..I am loving this set.

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